| content | | |
| n. (group) | 1. content | everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something.; "he emptied the contents of his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (communication) | 2. content, message, subject matter, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ body | the central message of a communication.; "the body of the message was short" |
| ~ corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.; "that story was a corker" |
| ~ reminder | a message that helps you remember something.; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ memorial | a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority. |
| ~ latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream. |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ digression, divagation, excursus, aside, parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ drivel, garbage | a worthless message. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ dedication, commitment | a message that makes a pledge. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ disapproval | the expression of disapproval. |
| ~ respects | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.; "he paid his respects to the mayor" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ insertion, interpolation | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ submission, entry | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ narration, narrative, story, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| ~ sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. |
| ~ shocker | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. |
| ~ proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| ~ volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. cognitive content, content, mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action. |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. |
| ~ noumenon, thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception. |
| ~ universe of discourse, universe | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion. |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ wisdom | accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ unbelief, disbelief | a rejection of belief. |
| ~ heresy, unorthodoxy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| ~ acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" |
| ~ ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ metaknowledge | knowledge about knowledge. |
| n. (state) | 6. content, contentedness | the state of being contented with your situation in life.; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. content, depicted object, subject | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. content | make content.; "I am contented" |
| ~ gratify, satisfy | make happy or satisfied. |
| adj. | 10. content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" |
| ~ satisfied | filled with satisfaction.; "a satisfied customer" |
| ~ self-satisfied, smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| theme | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ bone of contention | the subject of a dispute.; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money" |
| ~ precedent | a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time). |
| ~ question, head | the subject matter at issue.; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| ~ keynote | the principal theme in a speech or literary work. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. motif, theme | a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work.; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ topos | a traditional theme or motif or literary convention.; "James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses" |
| n. (communication) | 3. idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme | (music) melodic subject of a musical composition.; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air, line | a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
| ~ motif, motive | a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. |
| ~ statement | (music) the presentation of a musical theme.; "the initial statement of the sonata" |
| ~ variation | a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished. |
| n. (communication) | 4. composition, paper, report, theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment).; "he got an A on his composition" |
| ~ essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition. |
| ~ term paper | a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term. |
| n. (communication) | 5. base, radical, root, root word, stem, theme | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ descriptor, form, signifier, word form | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" |
| v. (possession) | 6. theme | provide with a particular theme or motive.; "the restaurant often themes its menus" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| mention | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. mention, reference | a remark that calls attention to something or someone.; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" |
| ~ comment, remark, input | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ allusion | passing reference or indirect mention. |
| ~ retrospection | reference to things past.; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections" |
| ~ name-dropping | the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener.; "the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it" |
| n. (communication) | 2. acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ photo credit | a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph. |
| ~ cross-index, cross-reference | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work. |
| n. (communication) | 3. honorable mention, mention | an official recognition of merit.; "although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention" |
| ~ accolade, honor, laurels, award, honour | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.; "an award for bravery" |
| v. (communication) | 4. advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | make reference to.; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" |
| ~ have in mind, think of, mean | intend to refer to.; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" |
| ~ commend, remember | mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship.; "Remember me to your wife" |
| ~ speak of the devil | mention someone's name who just then appears. |
| ~ remember | mention favorably, as in prayer.; "remember me in your prayers" |
| ~ quote, cite | refer to for illustration or proof.; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" |
| ~ touch on | refer to or discuss briefly. |
| ~ invoke, appeal | cite as an authority; resort to.; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law" |
| ~ namedrop | refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them. |
| ~ bring up, raise | put forward for consideration or discussion.; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" |
| ~ drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past.; "Drag up old stories" |
| ~ cross-refer | refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists. |
| v. (communication) | 5. mention, note, observe, remark | make mention of.; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| ~ comment, point out, remark, notice | make or write a comment on.; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
| v. (communication) | 6. cite, mention | commend.; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" |
| ~ acknowledge, notice | express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with.; "He never acknowledges his colleagues when they run into him in the hallway"; "She acknowledged his complement with a smile"; "it is important to acknowledge the work of others in one's own writing" |
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